Readathon

[Andrea, Moderator]

Just getting ready to sit down and start my first book for the Readathon! TGIF everyone!

I'm going to start with Rober Parker's Night and Day - a Jesse Stone Novel. A love Parker and was so sad when he died a couple of years ago. There are still books being published under his name by another writer that was given permission to continue his series. The style is similar but not exact.

[Tiffani]

This will be the first time I have participated in a Readathon. Reading all your posts has made me quite excited! I am so far behind on reaching 75 books for the year. Hopefully, this will help me get my butt in gear.

Goals for the weekend:
1. Finish "Game of Thrones" (for some reason it is taking me FOREVER to get through this book) its an ebook so I don't know how to figure out the actual pages - I'm on 1035/1433 whatever that means.

2. Reread "Divergent" so I can .... 501pgs

3. Start (maybe finish) "Insurgent" 544pgs

So, Andrea, I'm with you - lets just say 1000pgs. Happy reading everyone!

[Andrea, Moderator]

Tiffani so glad you are joining us for your first readathon! I think there are 4 or 5 of us here reading. It's a good excuse to let yourself indulge in some extra reading time.

[Charleen]

Done with The Shining, that's one goal down!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I'm calling it a night....250 pages down!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Only read 15% (about 55 pages) last night. :/ Hubs turned on Breaking Bad (we're on Season 4 on Netflix) and I couldn't read during that!! Lol. Today should be a good, long reading day. Hubs won't be home. ;)

[Andrea, Moderator]

Out doing errands just got to the gym and I'm going to workout and then head home and I have to make a pumpkin pie and nothing else but read. I'm almost done with the book I started last night so I think I'm at 300 pages, 700 to go!

[Tiffani]

Finished "Divergent" by Victoria Roth (retread). Now lets try to finish "Game of Thrones"

[Andrea, Moderator]

Ohh, I think one of my other book groups just started Divergent. Is it good?

[Elyse, Moderator]

Today I finished The Raven Boys - 149 pages read.
Halfway through Claiming of Sleeping Beauty - 128 pages read.

Tomorrow is power day I guess. Lol. I would've liked to have read more today. Got sucked into a game, a movie, and housework. Booo. Tomorrow is just babysitting my nephew for a few hours.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Tiffani wrote: "This will be the first time I have participated in a Readathon. Reading all your posts has made me quite excited! I am so far behind on reaching 75 books for the year. Hopefully, this will help me ..."

Welcome to the Readathon, Tiffani! Some e-books have real page numbers, others have "locations" which are not like page numbers at all. Lol. I think you're reading a "locations" e-book. I read A Song of Ice and Fire books 1-4 in one Kindle pack. I was at 1% through for soooooooo long. Lol. When the percentage doesn't movie, it's really depressing! And those are long books.

[Charleen]

Didn't have a ton of time to read today but I did manage to finish Contaminated. I'm not sure if I'll be able to knock out another whole book tomorrow, but I do plan on spending most of the afternoon reading at the library (no distractions!) so we'll see how far I get.

Hope everyone else is getting some quality reading time in!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I had a great day reading even though most of my day was spent doing errands, going to the gym, cooking, and cleaning. I'm a little over 600 pages for the weekend and at that rate I should make it to 1000!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Woke up too damn early today so I started my reading at 6:30! This gross, rainy first day of autumn is perfect for reading.

[Adriana]

Hi all! I'm a little late to the party but I managed to get in about 54 pages of P.S. I Love You. I had stared it earlier this summer. Goal is to finish reading it this weekend.

[Andrea, Moderator]

Yay, glad you are joining us Adriana!

[Charleen]

I didn't get nearly the reading in this afternoon that I thought I would... only 100 pages in The Reincarnationist. Hopefully I'll get at least a little more in, but I won't be finishing it today.

[Tiffani]

Andrea wrote: "Ohh, I think one of my other book groups just started Divergent. Is it good?"

I really enjoyed it! I am dying to start the next one "Insurgent" but I promised myself I would try to make some headway through "Game of Thrones."

[Tiffani]

Adriana wrote: "I managed to get in about 54 pages of P.S. I Love You."

I think we had this convo before, but I loved this book (and the movie - they are surprisingly different). Hope you are enjoying it.

[Charleen]

I managed about 450 pages before getting distracted by last night's football game.

Still, even though I didn't get to finish The Reincarnationist, I'm glad to have knocked out my other two goals... especially The Shining. Doctor Sleep comes out tomorrow!

How did everyone else do?

[Adriana]

Adriana - fail :(. Between church, bingo and going to the outlets I was only able to get in about 20 pages before falling asleep.

[Elyse, Moderator]

I spent too much time watching season 4 of Breaking Bad this weekend with the hubs. Lol. I finished The Raven Boys and finished The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty for a total of 375 pages read. Nowhere near my goal. Oops. Lol. Maybe next time!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I didn't hit my goal either but it was because I kept falling asleep while I was reading on Sunday! I feel just short at 887 pages....booooooo

[Tiffani]

I finished "Divergent" (434pgs per kindle) and started "Insurgent" (80pgs). I also read the 13pg short "Free Four" which is a scene from divergent told from the male lead's perspective. I tried to finish "Game of Thrones" but only made it about 195pgs before I had to take a break. I like the story line, but I am finding it tedious. I can't seem to lose myself in the story.

Total for the weekend - 722 pages (not too shabby)

This has def helped me get back on track! Can't wait until the next one.

[Charleen]

There's a week until our next readathon! Next weekend (October 25-27) was the most popular result on the survey, so hopefully people are still ready to spend some time reading!

Unfortunately, in the last month, my husband and I made plans to travel to visit a friend we haven't seen in years and to meet her fiance... and that was the best weekend for everyone. So, I won't be around, but Andrea will be here to lead the readathon.

Good luck, everyone!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Forgot but I'm still up for it! Have a work cookout for the hub Sat afternoon but nothing else! :)

[Andrea, Moderator]

Don, typically we start our readathon Friday evening and it ends Sunday at midnight. We hope you can join us!

[Andrea, Moderator]

Welcome to the October Readathon!

I'm looking forward to curling up with some good books this weekend. Please feel free to come chat, read, and share your goals!

I'm going for the BIG 1000 page goal again - wish me luck!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Oh yes! I'll have to gather myself and figure out my goals.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Readathon Goals:

* Finish Shades of Earth (Across the Universe #3) - Beth Revis (E-Book purchase) 372 pages. 73% through (on page 267).
* Read The Vow - Jessica Martinez (Free e-book on pulseit.com that expires Monday) 432 pages.
And finally end the weekend with my most-anticipated new read!
* Read Allegiant (Divergent #3) - Veronica Roth (E-Book purchase) 384 pages.

Total Pages for Goal: 921 pages.

[Andrea, Moderator]

I'm sad to say I have a pounding headache and have not been able to read at all.

[Elyse, Moderator]

:( That's too bad, Andrea. Get some rest and start fresh tomorrow!

I just finished Shades of Earth. What a great book and excellent finale for the Across the Universe trilogy. I don't think I'll be able to start another book tonight!

[Andrea, Moderator]

Thanks Elyse! Will be so bummed if I am sick all weekend.

[Lisa]

Wasn't able to read any last night but hope I get a lot of reading in today. I'll try to finish The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters.

[Tiffani]

Heading out of town for the weekend, but I am going to try and get a few small goals in before the end on this readathon.
1. First and foremost - FINISH GAME OF THRONES! Ugh I feel like I have been reading this book all year.
2. Finish Outlander (I am loving this book)
3. Hopefully start on Allegiant - Elyse, I agree. I am so excited for this book!

[Adriana]

Goals for this weekend.
1. Finish Caleb's Crossing
2. Start A Discovery of Witches and get about half way through it.
3. Start Paris. I am sooooo looking forward to this one!
4. Last get through Mark, 1Corinthians and 2. I got behind on bible study reading.

Hope you feel better Andrea. Good luck everyone.

[Elyse, Moderator]

Tiffani wrote: "Heading out of town for the weekend, but I am going to try and get a few small goals in before the end on this readathon.
1. First and foremost - FINISH GAME OF THRONES! Ugh I feel like I have been..."

It does take a long time to read George RR Martin's books. They get pretty tedious because he rambles! Lol. The Outlander series is sooooo excellent!! I'm plowing through The Vow so I can get to Allegiant. :)

[Elyse, Moderator]

Errands are done. Time to read all afternoon/night in front of the fire!

[Annie]

Well, not much reading for me yet. Too busy getting through chores and errands, and tonight is family movie night. Tomorrow will have to be a reading marathon for me!

[Lisa]

Read 100 pages of The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters. It's getting good! May read a little ofMy Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead before I go to sleep.

[Andrea, Moderator]

Glad everyone is getting some reading done. I am down and out with a cold. I hate when you are sick enough that you can't even enjoy reading. Boooooo!

[Elyse, Moderator]

Aww, Andrea, that sucks!! I was that sick last weekend. :( Just concentrate on getting better!

I had to charge my iPad last night, on which I was reading The Vow. So I started reading Allegiant on my Kindle. And I just realized I could've just continued reading The Vow on my iPod. Lol. Now I'm torn about which to continue with and finish first! First world problems. Lol.

[Annie]

Andrea, Hope you feel better soon!

[Lisa]

Feel better soon Andrea!

[Lisa]

Finished The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters + 25 pages of My life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead. Total pages read so far 275.

[Elyse, Moderator]

So far I've finished Shades of Earth, started and finished Allegiant, and 40% through The Vow. Total pages read so far: 662

[Annie]

Finished Gingerbread Man by Maggie Shayne - pages read 78.

On to the next book!

[Andrea, Moderator]

I've only read 5 pages so far but you guys are doing great!

[Adriana]

Finished Caleb's crossing.

[Lisa]

Bedtime for me...started Glory in Death by JD Robb but only 30 pages in. total pages read 305.